The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-23
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Great Inereaaa N r1,.l...A - r.. 81

its Causes, and What & E,aas for 1t-rts
Crest decrease IN Easisnd ana TEsrs.
NeE York Sun.
u seems 70 Be- admitted nov ~ Al, ~.
" cons who have bern c8nRnIiet a ths ease
" y ~ tfoNa Prince Of Prussia that &c Hero
- ~ eset2Me asiA8enbnrR and Worth = sJf
~. =. ltt0ta eAneer q the laEynR, disease
"a haA1h khers a small chance 81 cure ~
Operation, Ia tilia country esDoer bss II.
sIacaea widespread attention during The iast
ieH years on account on the number ~
Ri5tllhs 1eht men Who have fallen victims 10 IL
a qs hs9 T aenssoT Ill. ot Georgia; Gen.
noie hsFe dsed 81 this painful nlalady.
Lancer 10 pTs-snl3nenlly disease Of the
waite race and apparently 81 Representa-
Il tgs q 81 Aa3gAne9d degree OF civilization.
negroes u the South, before emancipation.
II YES extremely inftequent. Some praeh.
TONERS Of large experience had never seen 4
ease ln re negro before. the late war. Dpr-
have been observed Its three Zines n fTe.
quenf IN women a. IN men. Ibf diseass
OF advanced life. over two-thiKda pf the cases
occurring SITTER The fortieth year II Il
II often ocenra, however, az co6sequeDes
81 injury Or pf0tHsefea inflammation Ia cages
where no hereditary influence eKists.
any organ on part Of the body may be ST.
taeke5d ~ eAaceT. u Il most frequent 10 the
female breast HteEllE, the stomach liver, lips
and tongue but Is also found ia the brain
and spinal cords. iE b0nes, and, ID rare cases,
even n the heart. Cancer Is undoubtedly
becoming more frequent, In England the
rate Of increase Of deaths Of cancer per mil
lion Of inhabitants WAS 50 per cent from
1854 TO 1883. During the ten years end.
Lax 4 $40 the total number of Deaths FROM
cancer IN England and WSles was II3, 300,
Increase "a Ibis county seems 70 " s' sven Il
greateF than abroad. The high pressure
| under which people live at present seems b
1 haye something to DO with this increase
cancer = much more PREVALENT the North
/ err and Eastern States than Ia the South
i ard West Surgeons RTB beginning to at
4 tribute To depressed conditions al the ner-
s9us system large. share IN the cansation
q cancer. 10 The caReg OF Gen. Grant apd
/ Mr. Roach, the oatbresk Of the disease
seemed b0 follow closely upOa business
/ troubles which came upon them.
sIaesipg L popelsfig credited gith the
and there seems g0od'reasop n accept this 81
eag4ss- Rotnepi Nho ar0 30 frequently sub
/ sect 10 cancer, rsTely suffer with the diseases
~ II affects the iips. and tongue, II q said
\ smoke pipes and cigarettes, tney suffsE fgoIi
eaaeer of the lipa a. often ~ The meRg
/ GaneeF9f the laFynk or winapipe IL one ei
1 the FaEeT forms ct tbs malaay. However,
1 during twenty years, from 1885 70 1885,
z
1 about segenty-fiys t5raea. 1t has been dens
| three or four times during the pset year II
\ this country. About tWp-t thirds NJ the easel
! suoe8nlb t9 the operation, while Of thosf
/ Nthy recover large proportion die from i
1 recurrence OF the disease
| Cancer euTers arr found eFsfyBhere yauQt
! ing special eHHstles, warranted 70 remove the
cancer With certainty and without danger.
Most Of ta6se caustles con tain q large proper
/ ton Of arsenic, and IL net used With greai
care may cause grave Symptoms o1 POISON
/ Jug. In several cases dsatla has resulted ff0H
/ absorption Of the poison. All Of these appll
\ cations are more or less painful cad m4el
slower in Reti0n than, the 3hdleloRs Use. 81
4 the. knife hot iron, electric cs1tsfy or elee
8rGiysi8,
| A tempeY5zing policy liz 9 bed one 70 ad9p
In dealing wltb q eanCer. ~ SHOULD esther bs
treated anergetdcally on be Yet alone, ID spits
4 Of the bad results following operations npOI
I the lRFynX or stomach, the prospects of PEI
4 sFe much more favorable. Recent statietici
Of cancer Of the breast show tbat about cas-
4 case ia ten Is permanently oqFed by opera
4 tiUD. Even when II recuTs y N apt " bs
I miIdeF and less painful, and Life . az al
4 PYeDts prolonged. Tbs most favorable re-
4 suits arc shown by operations upon the lip d
1 which over one-hRH remain well after thpf
5f6e fSc5 Ed cancer ia at fFst Local die
\ ease, aud durable by operation, II t4kep q
4 Bime, is becoming more generally kRoWpl
1 end people no longer ll9R upon ii WITH t4s
/ dread which u formerly inspired, Ills
earlier the aid Of the surgeon u sought tn.
| more fGYoTahle The prospect Of a thorough
/ removal Of Vie growth and Of 9 permRneni
cure No medicine il known which VIII NJ
rest tle disease.